License & Registration Renewals
Help renewing your driver's license and vehicle registration.
Benefits, Resources & Medicare Counseling
Guidance You Can Trust
We are a non-profit serving ten towns across the Quinebaug Valley. Our staff and certified counselors help you understand your benefits, navigate applications, and make confident Medicare decisions — always free and unbiased.
What We Help With
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Benefits & Medicare Counseling
Private appointments with our Municipal Agent and certified Medicare counselors.
Jump to section ↓Paperwork & Application Help
Free one-on-one help with renewals, SNAP, energy assistance, placards, and legal forms.
Jump to section ↓Daily & Ongoing Support
Meals on Wheels, café lunch, food boxes, equipment lending, and rides to appointments.
Jump to section ↓Town & Regional Resources
Town halls, food pantries, community help, and a printable handout for all ten towns.
Jump to section ↓Who we serve
Ten Towns, One Community
As a non-profit Center for Active Living, we welcome adults 50+ from across the Quinebaug Valley. No matter which town you call home, our programs, meals, rides, and counseling are here for you.
BrooklynCanterburyEastfordKillinglyPlainfieldPomfretPutnamSterlingThompsonWoodstock
Come to dinner
Monthly Catered Dinner
Our catered dinner at the senior center, with entertainment. The date changes each month, so check the calendar and the Center Bulletin. Pay when you sign up.
Upcoming dinners
Monthly · 3rd Wednesday
- Wednesday, November 18, 202611:30 AM – 1:30 PM
- Wednesday, December 16, 202611:30 AM – 1:30 PM
- Wednesday, January 20, 202711:30 AM – 1:30 PM
- Wednesday, February 17, 202711:30 AM – 1:30 PM
- Where
- 69 South Main Street, Brooklyn, CT 06234
- Cost
- $15 members / $20 non-members, paid at sign-up
- Who can come
- Adults 55+ and their guests are welcome.
- Towns served
- Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, and Woodstock
- Reserve your seat
- Call (860) 774-1243 to reserve. You must pay when you sign up. Please write a separate check for each event, or pay cash. (860) 774-1243
Reserve Your Seat at Dinner
Tell us your name, a phone number, and your town. We will save you a place and call if anything changes. Prefer the phone? Call (860) 774-1243.
Benefits & Medicare Counseling
Municipal Agent to the Elderly
Our Municipal Agent serves Brooklyn residents with confidential, one-on-one help understanding and applying for benefits.
- Information about local, state, and federal benefits and resources available to you.
- Help navigating and applying for housing, healthcare, energy assistance, and SNAP (food benefits).
- Identifying seniors at risk and connecting them to the right support.
- Reporting needs and concerns to town officials and the Connecticut Department of Aging.
Brooklyn residents: call (860) 774-1243 to schedule a private appointment.
Medicare Counseling
Three Certified Medicare Choices Counselors provide clear, unbiased guidance — never tied to any insurance company or plan.
- Unbiased information about Medicare and Medicare Savings programs.
- Personal help during Open Enrollment each fall.
- Year-round counseling as you retire, turn 65, or your situation changes.
- Help comparing plans so you can choose with confidence.
Calling ahead for an appointment is appreciated, but no one is turned away.
Free and confidential. Call (860) 774-1243 to book a session.
Help With Paperwork & Applications
Forms and renewals can be frustrating. Bring them to us — our staff and counselors sit down with you one-on-one and help you get them done, free of charge.
Handicap Placard Renewals
Assistance renewing your handicap parking placard.
Probate Counseling
Guidance and application help with probate matters.
Advanced Directives
Support putting your healthcare wishes in writing.
Living Wills
Help preparing a living will so your choices are known.
Medicare & Medicare Savings
Unbiased Medicare counseling and Medicare Savings Program applications.
Medicaid
Help understanding Medicaid and completing applications.
Social Security
Answers and application assistance for Social Security benefits.
Energy Assistance
Applications for help with heating and utility bills.
Renter's Rebate
Help applying for Connecticut's renter's rebate program.
SNAP Food Benefits
Application help for SNAP grocery benefits.
Veterans Benefits
Guidance on veterans benefits, including travel reimbursement.
Healthcare & Medical Proxies
Help naming someone you trust to make healthcare decisions if you cannot.
Housing Applications
Help with housing applications, including senior and assisted living options.
Call (860) 774-1243 or stop by any weekday between 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM.
↑ Back to topicsDaily & Ongoing Support
These services run year-round rather than on a set date. Call the center at (860) 774-1243 and we will get you started.
Meals on Wheels
Hot meals delivered to the homes of neighbors who cannot get out, with a friendly check-in at the door.
Daily Café Lunch
TVCCA's Senior Nutrition Café serves a balanced lunch Monday through Friday at 11:30 AM. Please reserve 48 hours ahead.
Monthly Food Boxes
A food box every month for any senior who is income-eligible.
Farmers' Market Vouchers
Each year our staff prepare and hand out Farmers' Market vouchers to residents of all ten towns.
Protective Services for the Elderly
Trained staff know what to look for and how to help, so every senior lives with dignity and respect.
Support Through Life Changes
Counselors support seniors after the loss of a spouse and through a move into supported living.
Transportation to Appointments
Rides to medical and other essential appointments, provided entirely by our volunteer drivers. Please call ahead to arrange.
Wellness Home Visits
In-home visits for seniors who may be at risk, to check on well-being and connect them with the help they need.
Medical Equipment Lending
Borrow walkers, wheelchairs, shower chairs, and other equipment at no cost for as long as you need it.
Municipal Agent for the Elderly
Information and hands-on help with local, state, and federal benefits — housing, healthcare, energy assistance, and SNAP.
Medicare Counseling
Unbiased guidance from our Certified Medicare Choices Counselors during Open Enrollment and all year round.
Town & Regional Resources
Apply for Benefits
Ask us for help with housing, SNAP, energy assistance, or Medicare Savings — or use the official links to apply yourself.
Community Resources Hub
Search regional organizations for food, energy, rides, legal aid, and veteran help — with phone numbers and links.
Local Benefits Directory
Town halls, social services, and food pantries for each of our ten towns, all in one place.
Printable Senior Handout
Print a take-home booklet with every regional service, phone number, and website in one place.
Volunteer With Us
Help with benefits counseling, Medicare counseling, or event coordination.
Falls Free Self-Check
Eight quick questions about your steadiness and home safety — anonymous, nothing saved. Bring your printable results to your next doctor's visit.
Looking for more help?
Ready to talk through your options?
Stop by any weekday between 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM, or send us a message. We'll help you find the right support — no question is too small.
Privacy & legal notice: how we protect your information
Social services, not clinical healthcare
We are a social service and community center — meals, rides, activities and friendship — not a doctor's office or clinic. Because we don't diagnose, treat or bill health insurance, the HIPAA medical privacy law does not apply to us. Your information is protected by other federal and state rules described below.
Your records stay confidential
Under the Older Americans Act, we never share your records — including your income, benefits or disability information — with anyone not authorized, unless you give written permission.
National best practices
Our record-keeping follows the National Institute of Senior Centers standards for confidentiality, secure storage and written release of information.
Public records requests
Even though we work with our member towns, personal details like your birth date, emergency contacts and income are kept private and are generally exempt from public records requests. Reports to towns show totals only, never names.
We are not lawyers
Center staff, directors and municipal agents are not attorneys and cannot give legal advice. This information is for general guidance only. If you have questions about HIPAA, public records, privacy laws or your legal rights, please contact an attorney. See local elder law attorneys.